Bluetooth Unleashed: Winners Announcement
After 11+ weeks of designing, researching, prototyping, coding and testing, our Bluetooth Unleashed Design Challenge has come to a close.
How have our Heros saved the world!?!
The judges have tallied their thoughts and feedback on all 17 of our Challengers and have managed to whittle down the Grand Prize, Runner Up and 3rd Prize Winners as well as the Finishers.
We are very pleased to congratulate all the Winners of the Bluetooth Unleashed Design Challenge as well as all of the participants!
The Winners:
Grand Prize
Smart Doorbell - shabaz
Shabaz has created one of the most super-powered and well engineered doorbells in the history of mankind, using Texas Instruments, custom PCBs and Bluetooth Low Energy. The project is a lot more complex than it looks even if the outcome is only a bell sound.
Link to Shabaz’s Blogs
https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/bluetoothunleashed/blog/authors/shabaz
Shabaz’s Wrap up Post (including videos)
https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/bluetoothunleashed/blog/2018/07/20/smart-doorbell-system-part-10-complete-project-video
Judges' Feedback:
A practical, yet fun project that provides both excellent how-to documentation as well as educational commentary. Shabaz pulls it all together in this well done project.
An extremely detailed, creative, and well-designed doorbell system that delivers unique capabilities beyond just basic doorbell functionality.
His blogs and videos are exemplary. Very Very Polished, fun and informative.
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Runner Up
Smart Exercise Bike Computer - yuritikhonov
Yuri has upgraded his exercise machine with the NXP FRDM-KW41Z.FRDM-KW41Z. His blogs, written in a playful point of view, walk through his experiments in adding sensors, an app, electricity generation and phone chargers to his bike.
Yuri included all his mathematical formulas and process details, wrapping up his blogs with a 3rd person story recounting the tale of his heroic build. His English is not perfect but we cannot hold him back for that. His project is working and added some unexpected features.
Link to Yuri's Blogs
https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/bluetoothunleashed/blog/authors/yuritikhonov
Yuri’s Wrap up Post (including videos)
https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/bluetoothunleashed/blog/2018/07/16/smart-exercise-bike-computer-part-11-the-final-story
Judges' Feedback:
Very fun and informative read, a great and practical project. Highly look forward to any of his future projects.
This is one of the best built and documented designs that helps address the need for renewable sources of energy through generating electricity with an exercise machine
Yuri's blogs show the math required for his project. In this blogs and videos he really shows character and warmth without losing any integrity.
Not your typical blog style project description. Yuri makes this project an entertaining read while demonstrating a useful application of Bluetooth technology. The platform he has developed can continue to grow with additional features, which makes it a great starting point for the indoor bike enthusiast.
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Third Prize
AAPSAD (Adaptive Ambiance for People with Stress and Depression) - sakthi.1260
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Sakthi created a mood sensing room ambiance system with facial recognition. If it detects you are mad or sad, it makes the room smell nice, plays a soothing fire and changes the lightings. All of this is controlled by Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Bluetooth. A fun and light project that is as functional as it is enjoyable to read about!
Link to Sakthi’s Blogs
https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/bluetoothunleashed/blog/authors/sakthi.1260
Sakthi’s Wrap up Post (including videos)
https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/bluetoothunleashed/blog/2018/07/19/bluetooth-unleashed-aapsad-11-conclusion
Judges' Feedback
Using technology to solve everyday problems is a great way to help others. Sakthi has integrated a number of hardware components together in a creative way, providing excellent examples for others to learn from.
An impressive and creative ecosystem of boards, end products, and sensors connected together via Bluetooth and triggered by facial recognition that results in a practical yet fun room ambiance system.
The project seems simple on the outside but, this is false, it really effective when you see the demo.
The write up of this project and code supported the utility of the project. I feel I need to install one of these devices in my own home.
$1000.00 USD Shopping Cart at any element14 transactional site.
Finishers:
Not everyone can win the Grand Prize but everyone who's reached the finish line is a winner in their own way.
Anyone who adhered to the terms and conditions, used our Hero boards and posted more than 10 progress blogs receives a Finishers' prize pack.
This also includes all Winners and any non-sponsored Challengers that have completed the Design Challenge
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Non-Sponsored Challengers:
John Kutzschebauch - Project Loki
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A Finisher who has completed their project, used one of the 10 Hero Boards with Bluetooth, posted 10+ updates in the Bluetooth Unleashed Design Challenge space, and adhered to the requirements in the Terms and Conditions will receive: Pocket Beagle Bone, Tenma Fume Extractor, Tenma Soldering Station, and element14 Community Backpack.
Top Comments
Wow - thank you! The competing content from everyone was really comprehensive. So much high quality work and unique ideas from people, I had no idea who would be selected as winners. Thanks for arranging…
Congratulation shabaz yuritikhonov sakthi.1260!
Wow! It's a really unexpectedly, my hands even shake when I write these lines! Thanks a lot for believing in me!
Very interesting: did my last article (# 11) affect the decision of the judges?